张砚秋、解又明主编的这本《大学英语泛读(4学生用书第3版)》是按照2004年教育部颁布的《大学英语课程教学要求(试行)》并结合当前我国大学英语的实际情况而进行的。本书在提高阅读能力的同时，注重培养学生综合应用英语的能力。每篇课文后有两种练习，一是阅读练习，二是词语应用练习。词语应用练习的形式力求多样、新颖，例如多义词用法小结、小词的活用及搭配、同形异义词辨析、以及词的派生等，既能帮助归纳已学知识，又能锻炼学生的应变和适应能力。

UNIT ONE
1.Words That Work Miracles
2.An Uncertain Future
3.Shame
UNIT Two
4.To Face Life with Courage
5.A Rifle, an Ax and a Bag of Corn
6.Backpacking
UNIT THREE
7.About Heroes
8.Armed and Dangerous
9.The First Piano in a Mining Camp
UNIT FOUR
10.Reagan's First Inaugural Address
11.What Profession to Enter?
12.How to Be an Employee
UNIT FIVE
13.What Makes a Leader?
14.Henry VIII
15.The Louisiana Purchase
TEST YOURSELF (1)
UNIT Six
16.A Man Who Had No Eyes
17.Throwaway Clothes: Cool and Cheap
18.I'll Remember It in a Minute
UNIT SEVEN
19.My Mother's Hands
20.Preservation of the Forests
21.The Man on the Street and the Men on the Moon
UNIT EIGHT
92.Was There a Golden Age?
23.In the Footsteps of Giants
24.How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit
UNIT NINE
25.Hate
26.Homicide?
27.The Cat Is Out of the Bag
UNIT TEN
28.An Essay on War
29.Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments
30.One of the Greatest Performing Artists of All Time
TEST YOURSELF (2)
APPENDICES
Ⅰ.Glossary
Ⅱ.Key to Test Yourself (1)and (2)
Ⅲ.Key to Comprehension of the Text